RANJIT KAUR vs STATE N.C.T. OF DELHI

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* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Reserved on: 12th January, 2026 Pronounced on:01st April, 2026 + W.P.(CRL) 1622/2021 & CRL.M.A. 13581/2021 RANJIT KAUR W/o Sh. S.S. Chawla, R/o A-8/40, 2nd Floor, Rana Pratap Singh, New Delhi. .....Petitioner Through: Mr. N. Hariharan, Sr. Advocate with Mr. Vaibhav Sharma, Ms. Urvashi Sharma and Mr. Vinayak Gautam Advocates. versus 1. STATE N.C.T. OF DELHI 2. DR. NEELAM Professor, Hindi Department Laxmi Bai College, DU, Delhi ....Respondents Through: Ms. Rupali Bandhopadhya, ASC for State with ACP Garima Tiwari, Insp. Yashwant and SI Sonal Raj, P.S.: Bharat Nagar. Ms. Pooja Roy, Advocate for R-2. CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE NEENA BANSAL KRISHNA J U D G M E N T NEENA BANSAL KRISHNA, J. 1. Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India read with 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (hereinafter referred to as “Cr.P.C.”) has been filed on behalf of the Petitioner, Ranjit Kaur seeking W.P.(CRL) 1622/2021 Page 1 of 19 Signature Not Verified Signed By:VIKAS ARORA Signing Date:01.04.2026 16:49:09 quashing of FIR No. 0512/2021 under Sections 323/504 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (hereinafter referred to as “IPC”) and Section 3 of The Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 (hereinafter referred to as “SC/ST Act”), P.S. Bharat Nagar, Delhi and all the proceedings emanating therefrom. 2. The Petitioner states that she is an Associate Professor in-Charge of the Hindi Department, Lakshmibai College, Delhi, and is a law-abiding citizen having clean antecedents. The Complainant also happens to be the Associate Professor, in the same College. A Departmental Meeting of the Teachers was held on 16.08.2021, in relation to preparations regarding the National Assessment and Accreditation Coun